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- Poetry & creative work
Reciting Poetry with Yamakawa Tomiko
An essay responds to Yamakawa Tomiko’s tanka with new poems and commentary on solitude, love and awareness of one’s own existence.
- Essays
Despair and the Possibility of Release through Circumstance
A philosophical essay challenges Kierkegaard’s treatment of despair and argues that changing circumstances open possibilities beyond a single moral interpretation.
- Essays
Questioning Discrepancies in Heidegger’s Philosophy
A critical essay explores time, death and existence in Heidegger’s thought, interweaving Japanese commentary with the English poem Cruel Today.
- Collections
Miura Tanka Society: November 2020
An account of a November 2020 gathering combines discussion of members’ tanka with a lecture on Yamakawa Tomiko and reflections on Kitahara Hakushu’s connection with Misaki.
- Academia news
An Invitation to the Society
An introductory notice explains why works in several genres, including English poetry, were selected to convey the society’s interests at its launch.
- Essays
Introduction to Psychotherapy, Part 1
The author recalls experiences in Philadelphia and sets out personal views on psychology, psychoanalysis and the way therapists respond to people in distress.
- Essays
A Plea for Yamakawa Tomiko
An essay prompted by a visit to Obama reflects on Yamakawa Tomiko’s life and poetry and calls for greater recognition of her connection with Japan Women’s University.
- Essays
A Record of My Father and Mother
A family memoir traces the parents’ meeting in Hoshino, life connected with coal mining and the writer’s later return to live with his mother.
- Essays
Misaki Hakushu Society, Part 1
An account of a visit to the Misaki Hakushu Society reflects on Jogashima no Ame, memories of hearing it sung and the friendships sustained by poetry.
- Essays
Many Thanks, Mr. Nishino
The opening part of a tribute to a former teacher introduces his wartime records and places personal memories of schooling within a broader account of Japan’s modern history.
- Essays
Many Thanks, Mr. Nishino (Middle)
The second part of the tribute examines the teacher’s training-college years and student mobilisation, connecting his wartime records with the wider course of the Pacific War.
- Essays
Many Thanks, Mr. Nishino (Concl.)
The concluding tribute returns to the teacher’s wartime notes, postwar disorientation and the lasting influence of his teaching, alongside reflections on hometown and poetry.